My WWE 2K20 Universe: WWE SmackDown LIVE (Apr.W2.19.Tue)

WWE SmackDown LIVE

Tuesday.April.Week 2.2019

Baltimore, MD

CHAMPIONS

WWE CHAMPION: Jeff Hardy (1x)(1D)(Since Feb.W2.19.Sun)

WWE SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S CHAMPION: Charlotte Flair (3x)(0D)(Since Apr.W1.19.Tue)

WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPION: Andrade (1x)(0D)(Since Mar.W2.19.Sun)

WWE SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: The Hardy Boyz (Matt & Jeff Hardy)(1x)(1D)(Since Feb.W3.19.Sun)

WWE WOMEN'S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: Natalya & Beth Phoenix (1x)(0D)(Since Mar.W3.19.Sat)

WWE SMACKDOWN LIVE POWER RANKINGS

1. Cesaro

2. Ricochet (NXT Champion/WWE RAW Tag Team Champion)

3. Aleister Black (WWE RAW Tag Team Champion)

4. Matt Hardy (WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champion)

5. Jeff Hardy (WWE Champion/WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champion)

SHOW OPENER PROMO

Billie Kay addresses the WWE Universe. She declares that while Bayley and Charlotte are champions, she is the 2019 Women’s Royal Rumble winner and will leave WrestleMania with both titles.

MATCH #1

(Dark Match)

Normal Match

Becky Lynch vs Lacey Evans

WINNER: Becky Lynch

TONIGHT ON SMACKDOWN LIVE: Competitors from both WrestleMania Battle Royals team up in mixed tag team action as “The Empress of Tomorrow” Asuka and Kofi Kingston of The New Day take on “The Twisted Sister” Nikki Cross and “The Viper” Randy Orton!

LAST WEEK ON SMACKDOWN LIVE: Not taking kindly to Billie Kay referring to her as the “third wheel” in the WrestleMania main event, Charlotte Flair challenged Mandy Rose for the SmackDown Women's Championship in an impromptu title bout that The Queen strutted away victorious in as the NEW SmackDown Women's Champion!

MIDDLE CARD PROMO

Kevin Owens and Ali on “The Kevin Owens Show”

The show opens with Kevin Owens hosting his talk show to address their bitter blame game over the both of them coming up short in the Triple Threat Match against the WWE Champion Jeff Hardy at Fastlane

Ali interrupts, calling Owens a “pathetic excuse-maker” who can’t accept he lost. The tension potentially erupts into an intense brawl, security and officials pulling them apart as Owens gets the better of the brawl.

Kevin Owens vs Ali

PROMO BATTLE WINNER: N/A

EARLIER TONIGHT: The New Day met up with the SmackDown Tag Team Champions, The Hardy Boyz, and issued a gentleman's challenge to the brothers for a match for their titles at WrestleMania. Jeff and Matt happily obliged.

NEXT: Four of the best tag teams on SmackDown LIVE pair up to square off!

MATCH #2

Eight-Man Tag Team Match

The Hardy Boyz (Jeff & Matt Hardy) & The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods) vs The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro), Rusev & Shinsuke Nakamura

WINNERS: The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro), Rusev & Shinsuke Nakamura

Method: Pinfall from Cesaro on Jeff Hardy!

Finish: The Neutralizer

Post-Match: The host of WrestleMania 35, Alexa Bliss, announces that after Cesaro's pin on Jeff Hardy, The Hardy Boyz must now also defend the SmackDown Tag Team Championship against The Bar as well as The New Day in a Triple Threat Tornado Tag Team Match at WrestleMania 35!r.

MIDDLE CARD PROMO

Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville are done feeling sorry for themselves after last week. They reveal that WWE management felt that SmackDown needed representation in the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Match at WrestleMania and have announced Mandy and Sonya as additional challengers, now making it a Triple Threat Tornado Tag Team Match! Mandy promises WrestleMania redemption by taking the Women’s Tag Team Championship from Natalya and Beth Phoenix!

NEXT: The WWE United States Champion Andrade looks to pick up steam ahead of his WrestleMania 35 match against Rey Mysterio in a bout against R-Truth! In a additional note, Andrade's business associate, Zelina Vega, has been banned from ringside!

MATCH #3

Normal Match

Andrade vs R-Truth

WINNER: R-Truth

Method: Disqualification

Finish: Low Blow

Post-Match: Andrade cuts a promo insulting Rey Mysterio, promising to “expose the legend” at WrestleMania. This provokes Rey into running out and attacking Andrade!

MIDDLE CARD PROMO

The Miz recaps Shane McMahon’s betrayal before Shane interrupts, insisting that The Miz is a “disappointment” who will be humiliated at WrestleMania. Shane then announces that Miz will compete tonight against competition akin to Shane McMahon at WrestleMania. As Miz awaits his competition, he is sucker punched by Shane, prompting a brawl that Shane gets the better of!

The Miz vs Shane McMahon

PROMO BATTLE WINNER: N/A

MATCH #4

One on Three Handicap Match

The Miz vs Shelton Benjamin, Eric Young & Harper

WINNERS: Shelton Benjamin, Eric Young & Harper

Method: Pinfall from Harper

Finish: Back Suplex Facebuster

SHOW CLOSER PROMO

WWE Championship Contract Signing

Jeff Hardy and AJ Styles face off while showing mutual respect. AJ says Jeff is a legend, but “WrestleMania will be my moment.” Jeff replies by saying that he’s fought too hard to let the WWE Championship slip away now. They sign the contract, then share an intense stare-down, the WWE Championship raised between them.

The two can be heard muttering to each other as Styles suddenly strikes Hardy, setting off a brawl that AJ gets the better of!

Jeff Hardy vs AJ Styles

PROMO BATTLE WINNER: N/A

MAIN EVENT

Mixed Tag Team Match

Asuka & Kofi Kingston vs Nikki Cross & Randy Orton

WINNERS: Nikki Cross & Randy Orton

Method: Pinfall from Nikki on Asuka

Finish: The Purge

NEWS

Nikki Cross has suffered a minor injury during her match. Although still cleared to compete, the threat of further injury should be a concern on this Superstar's mind.